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the soil lias lost the greater part of its acquired warmth by radiation 

 then, only to be again obtained from the returning sun in spring. 

 Plants removed in spring are in conditions somewhat analogous to 

 those transplanted in autumn. Vegetation not being dormant, 

 their roots are immediately formed, and the plant is not materially 

 checked. The great drawbacks to spring planting are the daily 

 increasing power of the sun and the periods of dry weather which 

 are frequently experienced at that season. Where plants are coarse 

 rooted and have to be carried a long distance, spring planting 

 becomes hazardous, and great care will be required in its execution 

 if attempted then. 



[(To be continued.) 



REMINDERS FOR GARDEN WORK IN OCTOBER. 



IjDRICULAS must now be considered in their winter abode, and be 

 placed on their winter allowance. Plenty of air ia mild weather, 

 very little water, and no violent cutting winds. 



Chrysanthemums may be removed to the house for blooming, 

 having stood out all the weather they will flower fine and dwarf. 



Perennials not parted last month may be divided now. 



Tulips.— Commence planting out beds and finish all offsets ; prepare also 

 the best bed, by putting three inches of cow-dung at the bottom, and returning 

 all the soil to the bed. 



Biennials may be planted where they are to remain ; but the borders should 

 be loosened, and the clumps well forked to clean them, and to get them ready to 

 receive anything that may be planted. 



Dahlias have done their work for shows, and when their flowers are not 

 wanted they may be lifted, so as to take no more nourishment from the ground, 

 but must be covered with earth a few days, lest the frost should reach them. 



Fruit Tbees and BuSHES.-^Raspberry canes, etc., may be moved in general 

 from the end of the present month to the period that they begin to swell their 

 buds ; so, also, may the pruning be commenced. In pruning gooseberries and 

 currants, the side branches should be cut pretty close, to form spurs, and the 

 main branches should not be sufficiently numerous to be in each other's way. 

 These bushes do best in strong rich land, and it should be trenched eighteen 

 inches deep before they are planted. 



Cabbages. — The August sown should be planted out for spring use twice as 

 thickly as they are wanted, that when every other one is drawn for greens during 

 the winter, the others may be left to form cabbages. The weakest may be left in 

 the seed-bed, or be pricked out three inches apart, for future planting. 



Lettuces. — Plant out in warm situations. 



Carrots and Parsnips, full grown, may be taken up for storing. 



Celery, earth as usual. 



Hoeing between crops, weeding, clearing paths, digging vacant spaces, and 

 leaving them in ridges or rough dung, are self-evident duties ; so also .is the 

 destruction of all kinds of vermin. 



